Since the user is not really after any virtualization aspects, IMO this needs to be transparent.

Yes, when sidecar deploys it is in the same Pod as a different container which is the same host.

Add high-level feature for redirection of updates ------------------------------------------------- Key: TEIID-5285 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/TEIID-5285 Project: Teiid Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Query Engine, Teiid Spring Boot Reporter: Steven Hawkins Assignee: Steven Hawkins Fix For: 10.3 In microservices testing it is desirable to test against production/live data but not commit any updates. We should offer a simple solution that can defined by extension metadata and enabled/disabled by a feature flag. We may need to make simplifying assumptions about the scope (per session, per application, etc.) and durability of the updates. Under the covers this will be achieved by using views, update triggers, and a store for the updates and when not enabled the expectation is that all operations should pass through. However the application will be limited to using Teiid SQL and will be required to use the Teiid or pg driver, or Teiid spring boot.